Busted bullets

Still don't know the fate of the data on my hard drive (which means that if you communicated with me late Thursday or early Friday, I don't have your message). But, I can access Typepad and Bloglines, so:

• Newspapers are where TV Guide was ten years ago. Both should've listened to Jeff Jarvis.
   
• Matt Thompson makes an argument that Al Gore's lightning-fast communications juggernaut actually slows down the news cycle.
     
• Neither quality nor quantity?
     
• Update, Sunday night: Back in business, thanks to Matt Lewis at Geeks On Call.